Bobby Frank Cherry
  • Male
  • United States

Bobby Frank Cherry's Friends

  • Theophilus Eugene "Bull" Connor
  • Robert Edward Chambliss
  • Ovral Faubus
  • Diane Judith Nash
 

Bobby Frank Cherry's Page

Profile Information

Greatest Contribution to the Civil Rights Movement
The Sept. 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four little girls

Profession - Bobby Cherry was well trained in explosives as he served in the U.S Marine Corps and a former truck driver as a resident in Texas. He also worked as a clerk , cabdriver and an welder. 

Organizations - Ku Klutz Klan, U.S Marine , Cabdriver/Truck Driver , Welder 

Quote-

Goal - Planting 19 sticks of dynamite in the basement of a black Baptist Church.

Pertinent Information - During Bobby Frank's trail , prosecutors showed the jury video recordings of a white mob beating up Fred Shuttles-worth an African american civil rights leader with brass knuckles , repeatedly punching him in the head.

Events - Bombing the Baptist church on 16th Street in Alabama 

Friends -  Willadean BrogdonThomas Blanton, Robert Cambliss

Groups-

Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-A2__gCIuA

Primary Sources http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cherry-bobby-frank.htm , http://www.youtube.com/

Great Webpage - http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cherry-bobby-frank.htm

 

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Comment Wall (4 comments)

At 9:46am on June 12, 2013, Robert Edward Chambliss said…
At 9:46am on June 12, 2013, Tricia London said…

I heard you had a lot of children.  How many kids did you have?

At 6:32am on June 13, 2013, Mrs. O'Brien said…

Mr. Cherry, I would like to more about you, such as a goal and a quote.  I am sure there must be some pictures of you or the bombing that you could post.

At 12:16pm on June 13, 2013, Tricia London said…

Mr. Cherry,

Who is Willadean Brogdon?

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